Abraham

Yahweh

Go to the Land of milk and honey and I will protect you

Covenant – Agreement between God and his people

ProphetSomeone who speaks directly to God

Canaan

Sarah

Hagar

Abraham

Isaac and Ishmael

Enslavement of the Hebrews

Moses

Monotheism – the belief that there is one god and that god is the creator of all things and has a role in our day to day lives

“I am that I am”

Parting the Red Sea

Ten Commandments

Ark of Covenant

Transmitter to God

Joshua

Succeeds Moses as leader of the Hebrews, leads them into Canaan

King David

Founder of Jerusalem

Zion

Jerusalem

King Solomon

Builder of the first temple

First Temple Destroyed by Babylonians

The Babylonian Captivity

The Hebrews are deported to Babylon By……..

Nebuchadnezzar

Torah

The Hebrew Holy Scripture

Prophet – someone who speaks for the divine

Cyrus the Great

Persian king who conquers Babylon and releases the Hebrews

Mosaic Law

Moral code that is guideline for relationships, day to day life basis of how a Jewish person should live

Roman Judea

Rome conquers Israel in 63BC and renames it Judea

Second Temple destroyed by the Romans

The Western Wall

Sects of Judaism

Sadducees – rich upper class Judaism (Stoics)

Pharisees – wanted Jews to break away from society as a whole and await the Messiah (Neo-Platonists)

Essenes – practiced voluntary poverty and seclusion from worldy pleasures (Cynics)

Zealots – forceful practice of Judaism

A savior sent by God and descended from the Davidic Line to lead the Jewish people to world peace

Jesus

A new type of philosopher teaching a new type of philosophy

Love

Lets not kill each other Lets not enslave each other

(with chains or debt)Lets not let each other starve to death

Lets be nice to each other(forgive and turn the other cheek)

Christianity

12 Disciples

The betrayal

The resurrection

The 12 Apostles

Peter

Successor to Jesus, goes to Rome to build the church

Pope – successor to St. Peter and leader of Roman Catholic Church

Nero

Emperor Nero blames the Christians a fire in Rome and begins to persecute them

Martyrdom of Peter

Paul

Struck by lighting, converts to Christianity, hits the road to spread the word

Martyrdom of St. Paul

Constantine the Great

Legalizes Christianity and calls Council of Nicea

Trinity

The Gospels

Paul

Mark

Mathew

Luke

John

T he New Testament

Torah = Old Testament

Old Testament + New Testament =

The Bible

In the beginning

Girls were bad

The original sin

Lilith

The seven deadly Sins

(What the Romans did)

Sloth

Gluttony

Greed

Pride

Lust

Envy

Wrath

Sins

The Seven Virtues

(What the Christians do)

Chastity

Temperance

Charity

Diligence

Patience

Enduring difficult situations by turning the other cheek

Kindness

Humility

God vs. The Devil

Heaven v. Hell

Sin vs. Virtue

Good vs. Evil

Theodosius

Roman Emperor that makes Christianity the state religion and bans all other religions and philosophies in Rome with the creation of a legal code called the Theodosian Code

The Christian Philosophers

St. Ambrose

The only way to heaven is through the church

Heaven

ChurchHell

St. Augustine

Original sin and the City of GodHumans are born guilty and the church is God’s city on Earth

St. Augustine

The Platonification of Christianity

The City of God

The Roman Catholic Church is a City of God on Earth

The Divinity of Christ

Jesus died for the sins of man

The Virgin Mary

Notre Dame

The Sacraments

Baptism

Confirmation

Eucharist

Matrimony

Penance

Anointing the Sick

Holy Orders

Bishop – Priest - Deacon

St. Jerome

Translates the Bible from Hebrew to Latin, his translation is called the Vulgate and is the basis of all Bibles

The Christian Orders

St. Benedict

Christian Cynicism and Stoicism Christians should live a life of poverty and celibacy

disconnected from the worldly pleasures

St. Francis St. Dominic